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3/1/2026 12:59 PM

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1511 wins / 1485 losses

Marauder

Gay and Depressed in Prison

3rd place entry in Corgi's Gaybellion Contest

In this game, you play a very familiar character from the previous Gay and Depressed stories, who is now in jail. You used to be a side character in other people's stories, but now the spotlight is finally yours in this Gay and Depressed spin-off!

If you're interested in some more Gay and Depressed story games, check out the original by queenlatifah04, Gay Old Time by Darius_Conwright, Gay and DepressedER!!! by fresh_out_of_the_oven, and Gay and Depressed: The snow bunny society by Benholman44. All of the "gay and depressed" stories are stand-alone stories, so each one can be read separately, but I highly recommend you check these stories out!

Junkyard Bay Blues

unpublished

My entry for Mizal's 1 day contest that took place on 2/22/2026.

I think he did. Gryphons known for typing a lot and writing really long and comprehensive reviews, plus the game relied on this image point and click thing that gryphon was previously working on in the editor. So it makes sense that he’d be able to turn in a 10k game. Also, I think 10k is not out of the realm of possibiiity for one day, if you work on it for 4-5 hours at a speed of 2K/hr. I think it’s an impressive feat for sure, and one that I wouldn’t be able to do now, but I think that it’s still possible, just incredibly impressive.

if you're looking for talented human artists, I know a couple of people who may be interested in doing commission-based work. https://chooseyourstory.com/member/?Username=MadHattersDaughter https://chooseyourstory.com/member/?Username=Suranna Liminal also made this thread which is pretty cool: https://chooseyourstory.com/forums/creative-corner/message/30741

you should get a profile pic, techno mage. It would look cool!

Sounds good, April 6th it is! Should be fun! Also, please don't feel the need to apologize, it's a cool thing you're doing so whenever you have time, that should work. Plus, with the recent shrimp jam, I'm sure this break will allow everyone to rest their writing muscles for a bit and focus on the contest

@Morgan_R, are we still doing the Owl's Challenge starting tomorrow, March 1st?

Stay safe Missile_Sender! I hope you and your family are well and that you guys didn't get hit in the attack

Lol. I'm a bit surprised he hasn't heard of the copypasta, since putting the language barrier aside, it feels like that gag has been around forever. Or maybe he was just playing along. Although I don't think he's that slick.

Is it Liminal?

I agree with you, I feel like at least for me, the beginning and endings were both a slow burn. But of the 2, I liked the beginning more, since the ending after a major incident happens feels almost unnecessary. Like, I feel like the story could have just ended with that event. I am happy they still got to Montana, but somehow, all the days and nights of traveling felt almost wasted especially with how desolate the ending is. And the idea that Gus tells Call many times he doesn't even really want to have a ranch in Montana, he's just a man who prides himself on doing the hard things, and that's a major facet of his identity. It's almost like he has to constantly stay in motion without really knowing why he's in motion. And I feel like Larry McMurtry is too comfortable killing off characters, especially ones I really liked. And I also felt really bad for Newt, like I kept thinking that eventually Newt would have a good ending, but it never really happens. I mean, don't get me wrong, he does get a bunch of cool shit. But the main thing, which was nothing but a conversation, and a formal acknowledgement, never really happens, which is pretty vexing. I think I did a good enough job of describing my feelings about this book without spoiling too much, while still making it clear what events I'm referring to for people who did read the book. If you haven't already read it, check this one out. It's seriously great. It's an epic journey, and I kind of feel like I could have had more pages of epic cattle driving in storms, Indian fights, and all the cow hands getting together and hanging out. Also, Jake Spoon is a sticking point for me. I don't quite know how to feel after reading it, but I enjoyed his character because I honestly did not expect his character to do the things he ended up doing when he first rolled up in Lonesome Dove. I was also kind of surprised how anticlimactic the Pedro Flores cattle rustling adventure ends, but maybe that's kind of the theme that Larry McMurtry was trying to put in this story: Life is harsh, not a fairy tale, and the Wild West is brutal and unforgiving. People die in ways that don't always tie up their story with a neat pretty bow. I guess that's a lesson I need to remember as a reader, since I was rooting for Dish the whole book, and was pretty sad about how things turned out. Still, great novel! The Blue Duck adventure also was surprising, always figured it would come back sometime in the book, but I didn't expect it to come back after everything was over. This thing in particular made me agree with you, Mizal, since I felt like Blue Duck was always going to show up sooner or later, but the way his story arc ends feels pretty unsatisfactory, and almost like Larry didn't want to leave any lose ends after the major event in the story, the penultimate climax, the ending before the actual ending, which still felt a bit of a drop for me, especially after what had happened like a 100 pages before. But putting all that aside, it's ridiculously awesome, and it's one of those books that's so easy for me to pick up right where I left off. I liked the prose, and the fact that unlike Blood Meridian, it wasn't too complicated, or densely knotted/philosophical. But it has some really good ideas about how to live your life, and it just felt really inspiring, reading about these cowboys doing all this crazy shit to bring cattle from Texas to Montana. I also thought Larry left an unfinished thread with Po Campo. Like he was introduced as this guy who traversed the entire journey from when he signed on, to not avenging his sons. And I guess July's story arc too, like I kind of expected him, Roscoe, Joe, and Janey to have an ending where they find Jake Spoon. Ellie was a deeply frustrating character but I felt bad for her up to the point where she makes Zwey and her cross to St.Louis. Still, I guess the fact that I'm able to type so much means that this story hit it out of the park, and it truly is one of the best books I've read putting aside all my thoughts on surprises that the book threw at me.

Huh, me and Gryphon are the same age. The more you know! I honestly thought you were a few years older, like 25 or 26.